Lögðir
Old Norse Dictionary - lögðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "lögðir" (or lǫgðir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lögðir (lǫgðir)
- m. [leggja], poët. a ‘stabber,’ sword, only in poetry, Lex. poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lögðir may be more accurately written as lǫgðir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.